43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 81
قُلْ اِنْ كَانَ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ وَلَدٌۗ فَاَنَا۬ اَوَّلُ الْعَابِد۪ينَ
Qul in kana lirrahmaniwaladun faana awwalu alAAabideen
Say: ‘If the All-Merciful had a son, I would be the first to worship him. ’
- Progressive Muslims
Say: "If the Almighty had a son, I would be the first to serve!"
- Shabbir Ahmed
Say (O Prophet), "If the Beneficent ever had a son, I would be the first to worship him. "
- Sam Gerrans
Say thou: “If the Almighty had a son, then would I be first of those who serve.”
- The Monotheist Group
Say: "If the Almighty had a son, I would be the first to serve!"
- Edip-Layth
Say, "If the Gracious had a son, I would be the first to serve!"
- Aisha Bewley
Say: ‘If the All-Merciful had a son, I would be the first to worship him. ’
- Rashad Khalifa
Proclaim: "If the Most Gracious did have a son, I would still be the foremost worshiper."
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Say: "If Ar-Rahman had a son I would have been the first of worshippers. "
- Sahih International
Say, [O Muúammad], "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of [his] worshippers. "
- Muhammad Asad
Say [O Prophet]: "If the Most Gracious [truly] had a son, I would be the first to worship him!"
- Marmaduke Pickthall
Say (O Muhammad): If the Beneficent One hath a son, then, I shall be first among the worshippers. (But there is no son).
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
Say to them: "If Allah AL-Rahman had a son, I would precede all others and be the first to pay to him reverence and veneration. "
- Bijan Moeinian
Say: "If the Most Gracious had a son, I [am not stubborn and] would be the first to worship him. "
- Al-Hilali & Khan
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم): "If the Most Gracious (Allâh) had a son (or children as you pretend), then I am the first of Allâh’s worshippers [who deny and refute this claim of yours (and the first to believe in Allâh Alone and testify that He has no children)]." [Tafsir At-Tabarî].
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Say: "If (Allah) Most Gracious had a son, I would be the first to worship."
- Mustafa Khattab
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ "If the Most Compassionate ˹really˺ had offspring, I would be the first worshipper."
- Taqi Usmani
Say, "Had there been a son for the RaHmān, I would have been the first to worship."
- Abdul Haleem
Say [Prophet], ‘If the Lord of Mercy [truly] had offspring I would be the first to worship [them], but-
- Arthur John Arberry
Say: 'If the All-merciful has a son, then I am the first to serve him.
- E. Henry Palmer
Say, 'If the Merciful One has a son then am I the first to worship him.
- Hamid S. Aziz
Say, "If the Beneficent has a son, I am the foremost of those who serve him. "
- Mahmoud Ghali
Say, "In case The All-Merciful has a child, then I am the first among the worshippers.
- George Sale
Say, if the Merciful had a son, verily I would be the first of those who should worship him.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
Say: "If (Allah) Most Gracious (Rahmán) had a son, then, I would be the first to worship. "
- Amatul Rahman Omar
Say, `The Most Gracious (God) has no son and I am the foremost to bear witness to this fact.
- Ali Quli Qarai
Say, ‘If the All-beneficent had a son, I would have been the first to worship [him]. ’